Dr Anthony Harnden, a lecturer in general practice at the University of Oxford, said last week that there should be more opportunities for a quick assessment by an experienced clinician.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, Harnden said the rarity of serious bacterial infection, the severity of symptoms when the child is first seen and NHS policy changes - where out-of-hours providers have differing levels of experience - have added to the problem of delayed diagnosis.
Harnden said: "If simple things are done well we could improve the diagnosis of these things."
- www.bmj.com.
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